What is this thing you call Hop Scotch?

This isn’t your average kids’ game with chalk grids and pebbles. We’ve taken this concept and put a fun adult twist on the name.

Instead, Hop Scotch is a beer and scotch festival (Get it: Hops=Beer. And, well, Scotch=Scotch). Hop Scotch Spring Beer and Scotch Festival offers you a chance to experience, discover and taste more than 80 beers and Scotches. And just to make things more fun, we’ll throw in the chance to sample some of the finest tequilas and boutique wines.

And drinking is always more fun when you are drinking for a cause. Hop Scotch benefits the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) whose “mission is to create experiences that bring people together to discover extraordinary films from around the world. It is through the art of cinema that we foster a community that is more informed, aware, and alive.”

So save the date for April 23-24, 2010 and keep reading the blog for event details and insider tips from myself, Scotch education from Ari Shapiro, one of the few Masters of Whiskey, and beer tips from Tiffany Adamowski, owner of 99 Bottles and an avid beer-lover.